US3920090A - Control method and apparatus for pressure, vacuum or pressure-vacuum circulation in drilling system - Google Patents

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US3920090A
US3920090A US553415A US55341575A US3920090A US 3920090 A US3920090 A US 3920090A US 553415 A US553415 A US 553415A US 55341575 A US55341575 A US 55341575A US 3920090 A US3920090 A US 3920090A
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Robert W Mcqueen
Jr Robert W Ruhe
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B21/00—Methods or apparatus for flushing boreholes, e.g. by use of exhaust air from motor
    • E21B21/01—Arrangements for handling drilling fluids or cuttings outside the borehole, e.g. mud boxes
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B21/00—Methods or apparatus for flushing boreholes, e.g. by use of exhaust air from motor
    • E21B21/12—Methods or apparatus for flushing boreholes, e.g. by use of exhaust air from motor using drilling pipes with plural fluid passages, e.g. closed circulation systems
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B21/00—Methods or apparatus for flushing boreholes, e.g. by use of exhaust air from motor
    • E21B21/16—Methods or apparatus for flushing boreholes, e.g. by use of exhaust air from motor using gaseous fluids

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  • a drill system uses double walled concentric pipe and a drill bit attached at one end of the drill pipe and a power swivel at its upper end having means for applying compressed air to the outer annulus within the drill pipe and means for attaching a vacuum line to the center annulus of the drill pipe.
  • a flexible hose attached to the vacuum portion of the drill pipe has an inductor assembly using compressed air to create a vacuum to remove the cuttings during the drilling op- 5 Claims, 2 Drawing Figures [52] US. Cl. 175/60; 175/71; 175/209; 175/215 [51] Int. C13...
  • the rotation of the rotor 29 by the drilling operator controls the amount of air which passes to the swivel 11 and also to the inductor device 15.
  • the valve 51 in the air line 27 passing to the swivel l1 and the valve 52 in the air line passing to the inductor device 15 provide a means for monitoring an allowing the control of the compressed air which is put into the annulus 39 and the vacuum which is created in the center annulus 40. Based upon calibration charts, the valve 52 which is indicative of compressed air in the line 25 is easily correlated to the vacuum created by the inductor device 25.

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US553415A 1975-02-26 1975-02-26 Control method and apparatus for pressure, vacuum or pressure-vacuum circulation in drilling system Expired - Lifetime US3920090A (en)

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US553415A US3920090A (en) 1975-02-26 1975-02-26 Control method and apparatus for pressure, vacuum or pressure-vacuum circulation in drilling system
NO760107A NO760107L (fr) 1975-02-26 1976-01-13
CA243,632A CA1050004A (fr) 1975-02-26 1976-01-15 Methode et dispositif de commande pour la circulation sous pression, sous vide ou sous pression/vide dans un systeme de forage
FR7605024A FR2302409A1 (fr) 1975-02-26 1976-02-24 Procede et appareil de commande de la circulation d'un flui
SE7602355A SE7602355L (sv) 1975-02-26 1976-02-25 Forfarande och anordning for reglering av spolluft vid bergborrmaskin
DE19762608072 DE2608072A1 (de) 1975-02-26 1976-02-26 Steuerungsverfahren und -vorrichtung fuer eine druck-, vakuum- oder druck/vakuum-spuelung bei einem erdbohrgeraet

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US4161222A (en) * 1978-06-01 1979-07-17 Union Oil Company Of California Method for reducing contaminant emissions in gas drilling operations
GB2256216A (en) * 1991-05-25 1992-12-02 Galliford Pipeline Services Li Method of deepening a hole in the ground and apparatus for use in the method
US20030155156A1 (en) * 2002-01-22 2003-08-21 Livingstone James I. Two string drilling system using coil tubing
US20030173088A1 (en) * 2002-01-17 2003-09-18 Livingstone James I. Two string drilling system
WO2004009952A1 (fr) * 2002-07-19 2004-01-29 Presssol Ltd. Systeme de debourbage a circulation inverse pour puits de gaz basse pression
US20040079553A1 (en) * 2002-08-21 2004-04-29 Livingstone James I. Reverse circulation directional and horizontal drilling using concentric drill string
US20050178586A1 (en) * 2004-02-12 2005-08-18 Presssol Ltd. Downhole blowout preventor
US20050224228A1 (en) * 2004-02-11 2005-10-13 Presssol Ltd. Method and apparatus for isolating and testing zones during reverse circulation drilling
US20050252661A1 (en) * 2004-05-13 2005-11-17 Presssol Ltd. Casing degasser tool
CN103867162A (zh) * 2014-03-25 2014-06-18 中国海洋石油总公司 一种热采井环空隔热的系统和方法
CN103939043A (zh) * 2014-01-22 2014-07-23 翟宇 一种修复细管井淤堵的方法
US10180031B2 (en) * 2014-03-06 2019-01-15 Barbco, Inc. Apparatus and method for drilling generally horizontal underground boreholes
US10465460B2 (en) 2017-06-27 2019-11-05 Barbco, Inc. Cutting assembly for a boring device
US10526846B2 (en) 2014-03-06 2020-01-07 Barbco, Inc. Material exhaust connection for horizontal bore

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US2041690A (en) * 1934-01-13 1936-05-26 Arthur A Johnson Corp Pneumaticl drill
US2849213A (en) * 1953-11-12 1958-08-26 George E Failing Company Apparatus for circulating drilling fluid in rotary drilling
US3057417A (en) * 1958-08-12 1962-10-09 Thor Power Tool Co Drill system with suction removal of cuttings
US3807514A (en) * 1972-08-10 1974-04-30 J Murrell Drilling apparatus

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US1993642A (en) * 1932-03-19 1935-03-05 Naamlooze Vennootschap Smeltbo Apparatus for making bore holes
US2041690A (en) * 1934-01-13 1936-05-26 Arthur A Johnson Corp Pneumaticl drill
US1985157A (en) * 1934-08-06 1934-12-18 Henry L Friedman Dust eliminator
US2849213A (en) * 1953-11-12 1958-08-26 George E Failing Company Apparatus for circulating drilling fluid in rotary drilling
US3057417A (en) * 1958-08-12 1962-10-09 Thor Power Tool Co Drill system with suction removal of cuttings
US3807514A (en) * 1972-08-10 1974-04-30 J Murrell Drilling apparatus

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US4161222A (en) * 1978-06-01 1979-07-17 Union Oil Company Of California Method for reducing contaminant emissions in gas drilling operations
GB2256216A (en) * 1991-05-25 1992-12-02 Galliford Pipeline Services Li Method of deepening a hole in the ground and apparatus for use in the method
GB2256216B (en) * 1991-05-25 1995-10-18 Galliford Pipeline Services Li Apparatus suitable for deepening a hole in the ground
US6892829B2 (en) 2002-01-17 2005-05-17 Presssol Ltd. Two string drilling system
US20030173088A1 (en) * 2002-01-17 2003-09-18 Livingstone James I. Two string drilling system
US6854534B2 (en) 2002-01-22 2005-02-15 James I. Livingstone Two string drilling system using coil tubing
US20030155156A1 (en) * 2002-01-22 2003-08-21 Livingstone James I. Two string drilling system using coil tubing
WO2004009952A1 (fr) * 2002-07-19 2004-01-29 Presssol Ltd. Systeme de debourbage a circulation inverse pour puits de gaz basse pression
US7090018B2 (en) 2002-07-19 2006-08-15 Presgsol Ltd. Reverse circulation clean out system for low pressure gas wells
US20040079553A1 (en) * 2002-08-21 2004-04-29 Livingstone James I. Reverse circulation directional and horizontal drilling using concentric drill string
US20040104052A1 (en) * 2002-08-21 2004-06-03 Livingstone James I. Reverse circulation directional and horizontal drilling using concentric coil tubing
US7066283B2 (en) 2002-08-21 2006-06-27 Presssol Ltd. Reverse circulation directional and horizontal drilling using concentric coil tubing
US7204327B2 (en) 2002-08-21 2007-04-17 Presssol Ltd. Reverse circulation directional and horizontal drilling using concentric drill string
US7343983B2 (en) 2004-02-11 2008-03-18 Presssol Ltd. Method and apparatus for isolating and testing zones during reverse circulation drilling
US20050224228A1 (en) * 2004-02-11 2005-10-13 Presssol Ltd. Method and apparatus for isolating and testing zones during reverse circulation drilling
US20080099195A1 (en) * 2004-02-11 2008-05-01 Presssol Ltd. Method and apparatus for isolating and testing zones during reverse circulation drilling
US20080289878A1 (en) * 2004-02-12 2008-11-27 Presssol Ltd. Downhole blowout preventor
US20050178586A1 (en) * 2004-02-12 2005-08-18 Presssol Ltd. Downhole blowout preventor
US8408337B2 (en) 2004-02-12 2013-04-02 Presssol Ltd. Downhole blowout preventor
US20050252661A1 (en) * 2004-05-13 2005-11-17 Presssol Ltd. Casing degasser tool
CN103939043A (zh) * 2014-01-22 2014-07-23 翟宇 一种修复细管井淤堵的方法
US10180031B2 (en) * 2014-03-06 2019-01-15 Barbco, Inc. Apparatus and method for drilling generally horizontal underground boreholes
US10526846B2 (en) 2014-03-06 2020-01-07 Barbco, Inc. Material exhaust connection for horizontal bore
US10900286B2 (en) 2014-03-06 2021-01-26 Barbco, Inc. Apparatus and method for drilling generally horizontal underground boreholes
CN103867162A (zh) * 2014-03-25 2014-06-18 中国海洋石油总公司 一种热采井环空隔热的系统和方法
US10465460B2 (en) 2017-06-27 2019-11-05 Barbco, Inc. Cutting assembly for a boring device

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FR2302409A1 (fr) 1976-09-24
SE7602355L (sv) 1976-08-27
FR2302409B3 (fr) 1978-11-10
CA1050004A (fr) 1979-03-06
DE2608072A1 (de) 1976-09-02

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